Perennial Garden

Historical Society of Cheboygan County, Michigan

In the spring of 2006, garden club members incorporated into the gardens an area where a tree had been removed. They added a lattice divider with clematis and climbing roses and a wooden well filled with blooming wave petunias. A memorial rock and stepping stones are prominently featured near the well . This area has become the focal point of the garden on the south wall.

Some of the perennial plants whose beauty enhance the grounds and that provide varying displays throughout the spring, summer and fall are: tulips, irises, coral bells, mums, peonies, hostas, day lilies, forget-me-nots, feverfew, bee balm, and naturally various seedums. Leggy white liatrus simulate the white barred windows while tall yellow heliopsis form a ladder up the jail.

Blooms are used for arrangements in the museum buildings. Seedums members also cut and arrange flowers to be shared with Cheboygan Memorial Hospital Extended Care Unit, Hospice House and Cheboygan Health Care Center.

In 2009 a herringbone patterned walkway was created from Huron Street into the rose

garden. A verdigris iron trellis now offers entrance to the garden from the walkway which

was laid with the 1906 blocks removed from Main Street.

The herb garden is another favorite hosting a variety of plants

from peppermint to garlic offering a taste sensation to young palates

during spring school tours.

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